New Year 2013 At Baguio City
This time around instead of spending the
New Year at home we decided to take the 7 to 8 hours drive to Baguio City and
spend the holidays on the City of Pines.
Our journey started on December 30 at exactly 7am. Yeah, we’re already behind schedule. We’re supposed to leave the house at
6am. But with 2 kids in tow and a
thousand and one items to pack and put on the car; 7am is just good.
We made headway breezing thru Cavitex,
Coastal, EDSA and NLEX. There was no
traffic anywhere and mind you, hubby is driving within the speed limit of each
of those highways. I actually wrote all
the town names and directions to get there by searching thru various blogs; and
boy, were those things helpful. Armed
with a bag of tuna sandwich, several fruit juices and 2 bottles of Coke, we’re
able to reach La Union by noon.
We decided to take lunch at Chowking before
going thru that long winded road up at Marcos Highway. We’re able to reach the house at Dominican
Hills Baguio City at exactly 3pm.
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| Dominican Hills Extension |
Take
it from me; if you’re using the Baguio City map follow only those roads in
yellow. The roads in white are very
narrow roads and some of it is no longer updated.
Here’s a short list of what we discovered
on our 2days, 3nights stay at Baguio.
What we did in Baguio?
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1st Day, Afternoon
(December 30)
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Buy pasalubong treats at Baguio Central Market. It’s cheap!
o
Walk around Burnham Park
·
2nd Day, Morning
(December 31)
o
Visit Mines View Park and take
pictures. Buy your Baguio shirts on this
trip.
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| Mines' View Park |
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| France a top a Pony |
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| Looking out the view |
o
Wonder around the Botanical
Garden
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| Botanical Garden |
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| France & Dean under the Friendship Bridge |
·
2nd Day, Afternoon
(December 31)
o
Prepare for New Year’s dinner
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| Waiting for dinner to be ready |
·
3rd Day, Morning
(January 1)
o
Pick Strawberries at the
Strawberry Farm, Benguet
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| Picking those juicy strawberries |
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| Looking for strawberries |
o
Pack everything and drive down
in Kennon Road to take pictures at the Lion’s head
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| Lion's Head |
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| View at Front |
People in Baguio know how to throw a big
New Year celebration. We were at home
overlooking the valley and there are fireworks after fireworks. The light display started late, at around
11:30pm; and yet abated only after 2am.
Sadly, the kids and I are already at bed, snoring. It was too cold for us to stay up and watch
the displays.
Travel Date: December, 2013
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